Andy Chase

When applying CSS to an unordered list, the list will only render with bullets (disc, circle, square, image, or otherwise) if the 'display' style of that list's <li> elements is set to "list-item". ("list-item" is the default, but in this case I had set it to "block" for one special circumstance, and then wanted to override that. It's a long story.)

I just spent way too much time figuring this out.

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There's a nice article about Pete Wernick in this week's Denver Post (linked for now, but it will probably be dead within a week or two), who is fairly well known in bluegrass banjo circles.

Part of the article talks about how, after earning a doctorate from Columbia, he pretty much turned his back on academia and has made his living playing, teaching, and writing about banjo ever since.

I upgraded my cell phone service to a FamilyShare plan so that Kim can have her own phone. Since switching plans requires a new service agreement anyway, I took advantage of the equipment upgrade credit Verizon gives you every two years and ordered a free Motorola e815. It's got all kinds of bells and whistles - most interesting to me is the 1.3 megapixel camera, which appears to be capable of some pretty decent photos. The ability to capture video clips will be novel, too.

Given enough time, everyday objects accrue value to the point where they must be sealed in a display case, never to be used for their original purpose again; old silver, old china, old furniture... you see them on programs like Antique Road Show, gasp in amazement when their worth is revealed, then gasp in horror when you hear about how they've just been kicking around in the corner of somebody's musty basement for generations.